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My "Deleted Items" folder is completely empty and yet the "Deleted
Items.dbx" file is at 55 MB. I have compacted the folders but the size for "Deleted Items.dbx" has not changed. Does anyone know why an empty OE 6.0 folder (on Windows XP HE) would take up so much space? |
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barcaroller wrote:
My "Deleted Items" folder is completely empty and yet the "Deleted Items.dbx" file is at 55 MB. I have compacted the folders but the size for "Deleted Items.dbx" has not changed. Does anyone know why an empty OE 6.0 folder (on Windows XP HE) would take up so much space? Assuming you have no messages in the Deleted Items folder, close OE and go to the message store and delete deleteditems.dbx and then reopen OE and it will create a new one. See if the new one isn't smaller. Alias |
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![]() "Alias~-" wrote in message ... : barcaroller wrote: : My "Deleted Items" folder is completely empty and yet the "Deleted : Items.dbx" file is at 55 MB. I have compacted the folders but the size for : "Deleted Items.dbx" has not changed. Does anyone know why an empty OE 6.0 : folder (on Windows XP HE) would take up so much space? : : : : : Assuming you have no messages in the Deleted Items folder, close OE and : go to the message store and delete deleteditems.dbx and then reopen OE : and it will create a new one. See if the new one isn't smaller. : : Alias You missed a space. It is deleted items.dbx. -- Ron Sommer |
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If you compacted, Deleted Items.dbx should be 59KB. Are you sure you are
looking in the correct Message Store for the identity you are using? Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K03, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "barcaroller" wrote in message ... My "Deleted Items" folder is completely empty and yet the "Deleted Items.dbx" file is at 55 MB. I have compacted the folders but the size for "Deleted Items.dbx" has not changed. Does anyone know why an empty OE 6.0 folder (on Windows XP HE) would take up so much space? |
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